Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) welcomed Central South University Professor He Jishan, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering to campus on Friday 20^th September. He gave the 233^rd lecture in the SUSTech Lecture Series, with a talk entitled “Leaping from Rough to Fine,” that attracted many students and faculty members.” College of Engineering Dean Xu Zhenghe presided over the speech.

He Jishan is one of the first CAE academicians and a geophysicist. He is an engineering management scientist, and the founder of dual-frequency IP, pseudo-random signal and wide-area electromagnetic methods. He was the President of Central South University of Technology, the Vice-President of the China Nonferrous Metals Society and the China Geophysical Society, a Presidium Member of China Academy of Engineering, and the director of Energy and Mining Engineering Department. He Jishan is also the Honorary Chairman of Hunan Provincial Association of Science and Technology, a lifelong member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, and a member of the Calligrapher’s Association of Hunan Province.

In the lecture, He Jishan shared his knowledge on advanced detection methods of European and American countries, before expanding on the practical problems he found that saw him finally develop local detection methods and equipment systems. His methods developed technologies with detection depth, resolution and signal intensity far superior to those of the world’s advanced techniques.

At the end of the lecture, He Jishan took many questions from students and faculty members. Even though the discipline had advanced in China, there are still some manual aspects that need to occur in the field. Deep exploration researchers need to conduct significant physical work in the field to arrange equipment across mountain ranges. He anticipated that drones could be integrated with deep detection techniques to remain in the lab for enhanced analysis.

One audience member raised the issue of geothermal energy to which he said the technology behind underground boilers needs to be developed to a commercial level. He encouraged the SUSTech community to take a long-term vision to basic research that actively links their research to practical outcomes that serve society.

To close his lecture, Professor He Jishan presented his handwritten calligraphy works to SUSTech. He said that he has always paid close attention to the development of SUSTech, and appreciated its reform and innovation mission.